Toy car.



I. L. COWEN.

TOY CAR.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 23. I9I5.

l ,272,390. Patented July 16, 1918.

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J. L. COWEN.

ToY CAR. v APPLICATION FILED OCT- 23. 19H1.

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JGSHUA L. COWEN, 0F NEW YORK, 'N'. Y.

TOY CAB.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 16, i918.

Application led October 23, 1915. Serial No. 57,410.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that l, JOSHUA L. Cowan, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of New York city, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Toy Cars, of which the following is a specication.

This invention relates to toy cars.

The principal object of the invention is to provide a toy car which is inexpensive to manufacture, is attractive in appearance and durable in use.

ln the manufacture of these toy car bodies hitherto, the bottom was made of a separate piece of metal soldered or otherwise secured to the sides. This involved the soldering of a long seam or else other mode of attachment which involved comparatively tedious work. Also in representing the windows, the window frames ,and doors had to be painted by hand, another tedious hand operation which is often imperfect by reason of the diiiculty of preventing smudging.

The present invention reduces considerably the hand labor involved by a process in which the bottom is stamped out of one sheet of metal together with the sides and ends, which reduces the soldering to very short seams at the junction of the sides and ends. Also instead of painting the window frames and doors, a separate sheet of di'erent colored metal is stamped out to register with the window and door openings at the sides and secured inside of the car in proper registration with the window and door openings by simple attaching means.

The various further "id subsidiary objects and advantages w"l more fully appear from the following detailed description and the features of novelty will be particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings illustrating this invention,

Figure 1 is a plan view, and Fig. 2 is a profile view of the bla' .k after it is punched out in the first .f th... `i-ccess.

Fig. 3 is a side elevation and Fig. 4 is an end elevation of the car body as it appears after the sides and ends are bent up in the second step of the process.

Fig. 5 is an elevation of the different colored plate inserted in the interior of the car body.

Fig. 6 is a section taken along line 6-6 of Fig. 5.`

Fig. 7 is an enlarged cross sectional elevation of the car body at the end of the second step of the process, the section being taken along line 7-7 of Fig. 3.

8 is a full-size side elevation illustrating the appearance of the car body after the different colored plate is inserted in the inside.

Fig. 9 is a section taken along line 9-9 of Fig. 8.

Fig. 10` is a fragmental sectional view illustrating the mode of securing the interior plates in position.

Referring in detail to the drawings. the blank is punched out in the first operation in the .form illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2. This stamping comprises the bottom portion 10 of the car body7 the side portions 11 and the end portions 12 preferably formed in continuation with the side portions. The latter are formed with the window openings 13 and the door openings 14. For joining the seams after the sides and ends are bent up, the sides are formed at their end edges with bent-over portions or tongues 15 and the end portions are formed with correspondingly bent-over portions or tongues 16 which overlap the tongues 15 when the sides and ends are bent up in the following operation. The longitudinal edges of the side portions are also vformed with bent-over flanges 17 which are broken to form registering openings 18 for the purpose hereinafter described. It will be understood that all of /tbese parts are formed in one operation of the die.

Referring now to Figs. 3, 4 and 7 illustrating the'form assumed in the second operation it will be noted that when the sides and ends are bent up, the tongues 16 and 15 overlap, which form only two short seams which can be very easily united by soldering or any other desired expedient. During this bending operation also a groove or channel 19 is formed on each side at the junction of the sides and bottom for a purpose which will hereinafter appear.

It is now necessary to supply the window frame and the doors for the car body as well as the seats in the interior. For this purpose, I punch out in a single operation of the die a sheet metal plate 20 of a different color from the car body. Preferably this plate may be enameled or oxidized sheet metal having a durable coating which is unaffected by the stamping operation which it undergoes. lhis plato 20 is'stamped out in one operation with the window openings 21 of a smaller size than the window openings 13 of the sides of the car body and also with door portions 22. These window openings and door portions of the plate 20 are so proportioned and arranged as to register with the window openings and door openings of the sides 11 to form different colored window frames and doors for the car body when the plates are inserted in position. Also a seat portion 23 may be formed on the plate 2O in the same operation with the other parts of this plate described.

For the purpose of engagement with the car body to be retained 1n position and in proper registration, tongues Qet'are formed preferably below the door portions 22, these tongue portions to be positioned in the grooves 19, and further tongue portions 25 on the upper edge of the plate to register with the openings 18 in the flange 17 on the upper margin of the side portion. the flanges 17 are subsequently bent over as illustrated in Fig. 10, the plates 20 are securely held from disengagement and retained in proper registration so as to show the dilerent colored window .frames and doors. This gives an appearance which is more realistic than the hand painted window frames and doors and is also more permanent and cheaper to make.

It will be understood that many modications may be made within theskill of' a me chanic without departing from the spirit of the invention and the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. A toy car body comprising a bottom portion and side portions integral therewith having Window openings therein, and end portions extending from the opposite ends of the side portions, the 'vertical edges of the end portions and the adjacent side portions being formed with overlapping overturned portions secured together.

2. A toy car body comprising a bottom portion and side portions integral therewith having Window openings therein, and end portions extending from the diagonally opposite ends of the side portions, the vertical edges of the end portions and the adjacent side portions being formed with overlapping overturned portions secured together.v j

3. A toy car body comprising side portions having Window openings-therein and a separate sheet of a different color within the side portions and having openings of a smaller size registering with the openings in the sides, the portions of said sheet showing through the Window openings providing different colored frames for the windows.

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4. A toy car body comprising a bottom portion and side portions having Window openings therein and a separate sheet of a dillerent color Within theside portions and having openings of a smaller ysize registering with the openings in the sides, and means on the oar body for securing the frame in place.

5. A toy car body comprising a bottom portion and side portions having window openings therein, there being a groove formed at the junction of the bottom and side portions, and a frame of a different color having openings corresponding to the window openings and retained in said groove. j

6. A toy ear body comprising a bottom portion and side portions having window openings therein, there being a groove formed at the junction of the bottom and side portions, and a frame having a seat portion therein retained in said groove.

7 A toy car body comprising a bottom portion and side portions `having window openings therein, thereY being a groove formed at the junction of the bottom and side portions, and a frame of a different color having openmgs corresponding tov the window openinvs and retained in said groove, said frame 2being also formed with a seat portion.

8. A toy car body comprising a bottom portion and side portions having window openings therein, there being a groove formed at the junction of the bottom and side portions, an en aging portion at the upper longitudinal e ges of the sides, and a frame ofa different color having openings corresponding to the window openings andretained in said groove and engaging portion.

9. A toy car body having a bottom' portion and side portions, there being an engaging -portion formed at the junction of said bottom and sides and another engaging portion at the upper longitudinal edges of the sides, and plates having seat portions secured in said engaging portions.

10. A toy car body: comprising an integral sheet meta plate forming a bottom portion and side and end portions, there. being window and door openings formed in said side portions, and a separate plate of a different color secured to the sides at the interior of the body and having similar openings therein registering with said window and door openings, the portions of said sheet showing through the window openings providing differentl colored frames for the windows. 11. A to car body comprising an integral sheet meta plate forming a bottom ortion and side and end portions, said si e por'- tions having window and door openings, engaging portions formed at the top and bottom edges of the side portions at the interior of the car body, and a diferent colored plate secured in said engaging portions, said plate being formed with openings of a smaller size registering with said window openings, and with door portions registering with said door openings, the portions of said plate showing through the window openings and door openings providing frames of different color for the windows and doors.

12. A toy car body comprising an integral sheet metal platelformingl a bottom portion and side and end portions, said side portions having window and door openings, engaging portions formed at the top and bottom edges of the side portions at the interior of the car bod a different colored plate secured in sai engaging portions, said late being formed with openings of a sma er size registering with said window openings, with door port-ions registering with said door openings, and with a seat portion for the interior of the car.

13. A toy carbody comprising an integral sheet metal plate having a bottom portion and side and end portions, said side portions having window and door openings and provided with slotted anges at their top edges,

and a diierent colored plate formed with openings re 'sterili openings an provi ed with tongues registering m said slots in the iianges to hold the same in -position wherein the window openings thereof register with the window openings in the side portions.

14. A toy car body comprising side portions having window ope ings therein, and a separate sheet having openings registering with the openings in the sides secur within .the body adjacent the side portions. 15. A toy car body comprising side portions having window openings therein, the upper ed es of the slde portions being formed with securing means, and a separate sheet having openings registering with the openings in the sides disposed within the car body. and secured through said securing means.

Signed at New York city, the county vwith said window of New York, and State of New York, this 22nd day of October, A. D. 1915. JOSHUA L. COWEN.

Witnesses:

MINNIE S. MUJER, NATHAN COHEN. 

